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What is the history of West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana?

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What is the history of West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana?

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The parish was formed in 1824. West Feliciana is historically Democratic Party (United States)Democratic in voter preference, and it was the only Louisiana parish in 1972 to support the Democratic national ticket of George McGovern and Sargent Shriver. However, the Republican Party (United States)Republican presidential ticket of George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney won the parish in 2004, 2,932 (56 percent) to 2,214 (42 percent) for the Democrats John F. Kerry and John Edwards. Bush and Cheney also won in West Feliciana in 2000, 2,512 (52 percent) to 2,187 (45 percent) for the Democratic ticket of then Vice President Al GoreAlbert Arnold Gore, Jr., and U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut. The parish is the home of former Democratic (turned independent) Congressman John RarickJohn Richard Rarick, an attorney who practices in St. Francisville. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org